COVID-19 retinal microangiopathy as an in vivo biomarker of systemic vascular disease?
Manuel F LandechoJ R YusteE GándaraP SunsundeguiJ QuirogaA B AlcaideA García-LayanaPublished in: Journal of internal medicine (2020)
Cotton wool exudates were evident in six out of 27 patients evaluated, a 22%. Cotton wool exudates are a marker vascular disease severity in other medical context, that is diabetes and hypertension, and are associated with increased risk for acute vascular events. Whether antiaggregation therapy may play a role on fundoscopic-selected patients with COVID-19 requires prospective trials.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- coronavirus disease
- type diabetes
- ejection fraction
- blood pressure
- sars cov
- chronic kidney disease
- cardiovascular disease
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- liver failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- optical coherence tomography
- drug induced
- respiratory failure
- bone marrow
- mesenchymal stem cells
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- intensive care unit
- patient reported
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation